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Headlines – Political parties in Prabowo Subianto's Red-and-White Coalition have warned their members against following in the footsteps of Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja

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Jakarta – The mayor of Singkawang in West Kalimantan, Awang Ishak, said on Thursday that he had tendered his resignation from the People's Mandate Party (PAN) following the party's deci

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Jakarta – After Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama quit his party on Wednesday in fury over its support for the regional elections bill, mayors and district heads from aroun

Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said Wednesday that he had officially resigned from the Gerindra Party, which nominated him for the city's gubernatorial

Jakarta – Gerindra Party deputy chairman Fadli Zon said Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's announcement that he would resign from the party proved that he was an op

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Despite widespread resistance to the regional elections bill, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) says an end to direct elections of governors, distri

Rio Kuswandi, Bandung – An alliance of social groups from various sectors of society held a protest action in front of the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) building on Jl.

Jakarta – Lawmaker Khatibul Umam Wiranu from the ruling Democratic Party said that his party proposed stopping the implementation of direct elections for regional heads because the elec

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Jakarta – The bill that would eliminate direct elections of local leaders, which the House of Representatives is set to pass this week, would not be a setback for democracy, Golkar Part

Pitan Daslani, Jakarta – Isran Noor, the head of East Kutai district in East Kalimantan and chairman of Indonesia's Association of Regional Governments, or APKASI, has lashed out agains

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – President-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has thrown his support behind the effort to maintain direct elections for regional heads amid attempts from political

Hans Nicholas Jong and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Red-and-White Coalition, led by losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, is fighting for a return to the Soeharto-era election r

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – United Development Party (PPP) secretary-general M.

Bagus BT Saragih and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Red-and-White Coalition of parties that supported the losing presidential ticket of Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa may have lit

Kennial Caroline Laia & Raja Humuntar, Jakarta – The lingering resentment from Indonesia's bitterly contested presidential election has for weeks now seen politicians from the camp

SP/Robertus Wardhy & Ezra Sihite, Cikeas – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday said he supports the role of Prabowo Subianto's Merah Putih coalition in serving as a balanc

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya, East Java – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar is on his way to becoming one of the country's longest-serving political party chairpe

Jakarta – A politician with the United Development Party (PPP) has suggested president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should not bother asking his party to join the government bandwagon if

Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – When he was nominated in March as a candidate for Indonesia's presidential election, polls showed Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had a 30-point lead over the man who w

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's confirmation last week of Joko Widodo's presidential win has resulted in the quiet fight among his bac

Jakarta – Middle-ranking officials from the National Mandate Party (PAN) and Golkar reiterated on Saturday that they had no plans to jump ship from Prabowo's Subianto's permanent coalit

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – A furious Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama said on Friday that he would send a bill to the coordinator of Thursday's protests in support of

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – It appears to be the end of the road for chief patron of the Gerindra Party Prabowo Subianto after the Constitutional Court issued its verdict on Thursday, reject

Jakarta – Exactly 16 years to the day that an Officers Ethics Council issued an order dismissing him from military service for his alleged role in the abduction and torture of political

Yuliasri Perdani, Bandung – Six protesters and one policeman were injured on Thursday during a rally held by supporters of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto prior to the Co

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Supporters of Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto tried to overrun police lines and attack the country's Constitutional Court late on Thursda

Jakarta – The Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP) said Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioners breached ethical codes by opening ballot boxes without a court orde

Jakarta – As Indonesia's Constitutional Court continued to deliberate on its final verdict on losing candidate Prabowo Subianto's legal challenge on Thursday, the country's electoral et

Jakarta – Prabowo campaign team spokesperson Tantowi Yahya said Thursday that the losing presidential pair Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa accepted the Constitutional Court's verdict

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – As the hearing on the July 9 presidential election dispute approaches its denouement at the Constitutional Court, the camp of losing candidate Prabowo Subi

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Expert witnesses helped the General Elections Commission (KPU) appear strong during a hearing at the Constitutional Court on Friday in its defense against

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The presidential election dispute hearing at the Constitutional Court took an unexpected turn on Thursday as one of the witnesses testified on the alleged

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP) grilled members of the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Wednesday over the opening of ballot boxes prior

Jakarta – An executive of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said on Wednesday that no leaders of political parties in its coalition would be nominated for ministerial

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The panel of justices at the Constitutional Court grilled on Tuesday members of the General Elections Commission (KPU) about why they insisted on wrapping

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) appeared strong during a hearing at the Constitutional Court on Monday, with witnesses from Regional General Elections

Jayapura – Amid growing public disillusionment with the statesmanship of the losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, one of his trusted confidantes has openly declared he will u

Stephen Sherlock – A huge sigh of relief that Prabowo was (just) defeated and that Indonesia will not be led by relic of the New Order, a xenophobe... well we all know the rest.

Ina Parlina and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Experts have urged losing presidential ticket Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa to step up their legal game or risk further embarrassing themse

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has reportedly sacked the party's deputy chairman, Agung Laksono.

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A legal pressure group said on Friday that it had made a police complaint against four polling organizations on the grounds they had subverted data to show P

Erwin Sihombing & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Indonesia's election commission is demanding the Constitutional Court to reject the legal challenge filed by losing presidential candidate

Ina Parlina and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Supporters of the losing presidential ticket Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa threatened to besiege the Constitutional Court on Monday to forc

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has led his Democratic party in a political about-face, withdrawing support previously given by party officials for Prabowo Subianto's Merah

Carlos Paath, Erwin Sihombing & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court is expected to reject a lawsuit filed by losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto based on a